Operations Management for Service Industries

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Looking at service industries from the cost and quality management viewpoint, Bassett argues that to achieve effective service delivery, companies must move from high-volume, long-run output to low-volume and short-runs operations. He maintains that despite the inevitability of suboptimized plan and equipment utilization, inefficiencies are not inherent. His book outlines a vision of short-run operations based on proven principles of management and organization science, and provides service industry management with a blueprint for successful competition.To compound the insult to the customer, acquiescence to high wage demands of
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Operations Management for Service Industries

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Glenn Bassett

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Greenwood Publishing Group - 1992-01-01

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